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- QWKSTART
-
- A Quick Start Example for Vacation Planner
-
- In this example we will ask VP (Vacation Planner) to calculate and print
- the shortest route from Reno, Nevada to Tijuana, Mexico, using the
- California Map, CA-2.
-
- 1. Using Drive A as the active drive, type "VP".
-
- 2. From the Vacation Planner Main Menu press "Enter" to select "(T)rip
- Planner".
-
- 3. From the Trip Planner Main Menu press "Enter" to select "(A)utomatic
- Trip Planner".
-
- 4. A list of the available maps will appear at the top of the screen.
- To use the California map, type "CA-2".
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- 5. The program will now load 194 California cities into memory.
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- 6. Type "Y" to the question "Do you want the direct (shortest) trip (Y/N)?
- NOTE: We will try a route other than the shortest in the next example.
-
- 7. The first of a series of screens will now appear listing the available
- cities in alphabetical order. You may use PgUp and PgDn to move from
- screen to screen and use the up/down arrows to highlight desired cities.
- You may also press the "Alt" key while typing the first letter of the
- desired city to move to the appropriate screen. We will use the latter
- method.
-
- a. While pressing the "Alt" key type "R" to move to the screen with
- "Reno, NV" listed.
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- b. Using the down arrow move the cursor down to "Reno". Type "S" to
- select Reno as the (S)tarting town.
-
- c. Again while pressing the "Alt" key type "T" to move to the screen
- with "Tijuana, MX" listed. Move the cursor to "Tijuana" and type "D" to
- select Tijuana as the (D)estination town.
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- d. Next type "F" to indicate you are finished selecting your starting
- and destination cities.
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- 8. Yow will now be asked to confirm your route. Press "Y" if the "To" and
- "From" cities are correct. The program will then examine all possible
- routes and calculate the shortest. You will be returned to the Trip
- Planner Main Menu.
-
- 9. Type "3" to indicate you wish to print the calculated route.
-
- 10. From the Printer Selection Menu type "2" to obtain a printout of the
- route.
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- 11. In most cases no special "escape codes" are required to activate
- printers so again type "2" to indicate your printer is ready.
-
-
-
-
- 12. Your printer will then print the shortest route. The printout will
- contain the following:
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- a. Cities enroute to Tijuana.
- b. The highway to use from one city to the next.
- c. The distance from one city to the next.
- d. The estimated average speed (which may be changed).
- e. The time required to travel from one city to the next at the
- estimated speed.
- f. The total elapsed time and distance traveled as you proceed
- toward your destination.
- g. The remaining time and distance to go as you proceed to your
- destination.
-
- You may also select routes other than the shortest. Suppose you want to
- spend a day or two in Yosemite National Park before proceeding to Tijuana.
- Yosemite will be designated as an "Intermediate" point on your route from
- Reno to Tijuana.
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- 1. Proceed as in steps 1 through 6 above, except in step 6, answer "N" to
- obtain a route other than the shortest.
-
- 2. You will then be asked "How many Detours (Intermediate towns,
- diversions, etc.) (0-5)". This indicates you many enter up to 5
- intermediate points. In this example, Yosemite National Park is our only
- intermediate point so enter "1".
-
- 3. Select your starting and destinations "S" & "D" as in step 7 of our
- first example. Then type use "Alt Y" to go to the listing containing
- "Yosemite, CA". Use the down arrow to highlight "Yosemite" and then type
- the number "1" to indicate the one intermediate town on your route.
-
- Note: Starting, intermediate and destination cities need not be
- entered in that order. They may be entered in any order as long
- as "S" is used to indicate your starting city, "D" is used for
- your destination and a number 0-5 is used for intermediate cities.
-
- 4. Proceed as in steps 8 thru 12 in the first example to print your route.
- Note: On the printout, cities other than the starting city and
- intermediate cities are indented one space to the left of other cities
- on the route. This is to aid in the identification of these cities.
-
- For additional information use VP.DOC (ref readme.bat). Thank you for
- using Vacation Planner.